Necktie-fastener.



Patented Aug= l3, {90L H. S. TILLOTSON.

NECKTIE FASTENEB.

( Application filed May 11, 1901.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY STANTON TILLOTSON, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA,

NECKTlE-FASTENER.

SPECZFICA TICN forming" part of Letters Patent No. 680,292, dated August 13, 1901.

Application filed May 11, 1901.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY STANTCN TIL- LoTsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Fasteners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in necktie-fasteners; and it consists in the provision of a holder made of a single piece of wire which is bent to form a loop at its longitudinal center, said loop being provided for the purpose of holding the device to a collar-button, while portions of the wire are bent upon themselves on either side of the loop for the purpose of engaging behind the collar, portions of the device being bent to form an inclosure into which the ends of the necktie are passed, being held therein by means of a spring-tongue, after which the ends of the tie are passed over the ends of the inclosure and tied in a bow-knot, said ends being adapted to hold the necktie in place.

The invention will be hereinafter more fully described, and then specifically defined in the appended claims, and is clearly illus trated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form part of this application, and in which drawings similar letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved necktie-holder made on a somewhatenlarged scale. Fig. 2 is a perspective view showing the fastener as applied to a collarbutton to which the ends of the collar are connected, the collar engaging upright portions of the fastener being shown in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a View showing a necktie passed about the collar, showing one of the ends of the necktie as being inserted into the inclosure over the ends of which the necktie is passed and which is adapted to hold the tie in place; and Fig. 4 is a detail view show- Serial No. 59.778. (N0 model.)

ing the necktie held in place on the collar by means of my improved fastener.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates a piece of wire which is bent upon itself in U shape, as at B, to form an elongated slot, which is designed to engage behind the head of a collarbutton, asshown in the drawings, in which the device is applied to a collar-button. This loop is upright, and the wires forming the loop are twisted at O and the portions of the wire horizontally disposed, as at D, and at 10- cations on either side of the upright loop portion B portions of the wire are bent once about the other, as at D, forming two upright rings E, which points E are inclined rear ward. These upright portions E are adapted to engage the rear face of the collar. The wire is twisted upon itself at two locations namely, Fand Fbent horizontally, one portion of the wire bent upon itself to form a spring-tongue G, which at a point adjacent to the end of the twisted portion F is bent to form a curved portion H, corresponding to the curve H at the end of said tongue. The twisted portion F is bent at right angles at K, forming a tongue L, against which the spring end of the loop G is adapted to be held. By bending the wire described it will be observed that an inclosure is formed rectangular-shaped and in a horizontal plane, access .to which may be had behind the spring-tongue G, through which the ends of the necktie may be inserted.

While the fastener described is made of one piece of Wire, the ends may soldered or otherwise secured together, as at M. It will be noted that the ends which are soldered together are in line with each other and parallel to the tongue G, while the upright portion, having the loop, is in a plane slightly in advance of the vertical plane in which the ends of the wire, which are soldered together,

are located.

In applying the device to a collar-button the loop B is pushed underneath the head of the collar-button, and the upright portions E of the fastener, which are slightly rearwardly bent, are pushed up behind the collar, en-

gaging the inner face thereof, and in applying the necktie the same is first passed about the collar in the manner illustrated in the drawings, one end of the tie inserted in the inclosure behind the tongue G, brought over the twisted end F of said inclosure, then the opposite end of the tie is passed through into the inclosure in a similar manner and over the opposite twisted end F of the inclosure,

after which the double bow-knot may be tied,

said inclosure serving as a means for holding the tie down in its proper position adjacent to the collar-button.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Lettcrs Patent, is

A necktie-fastener, made of a single piece of wire bent upon itself to form an upright loop B, said wire thence being horizontally bent and slightly inclined rearward, each portion of the wire being twisted at points D, thence bent upon themselves, forming upright portions which are slightly rearwardly inclined at their upper ends, twisted portions F and F of the wire at right angles to said upright portions, a tongue G formed by bend- 

